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Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 14:23:39 -0700
From: Bob Beck <beck@...nbsd.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: kseifried@...hat.com, cve-assign@...re.org
Subject: Re: Re: CVE's for SSLv2 support
On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 12:12 PM, <cve-assign@...re.org> wrote:
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>> If a crypto library (e.g. OpenSSL, NSS) supports AND enables SSLv2 by
>> default should it receive a CVE?
>
> There's no general answer to that question. CVE ID assignments are not
> based on outsiders making guesses about the expectations of a product's
> customers. For example, there might be a crypto library intended for
> communication on isolated networks to high-value embedded devices that
> support only SSLv2, and cannot and will not ever be updated.
What.. like... I have an embedded high value device that only supports
TELNET to access it.. OMG please give me a CVE?
replace SSLV2 in the above sentence with telnet or ssh v1 for that
matter and you have the same issue.
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